Work in progress: 181,232 of 181,233 sites checked so far, more every week · updated 2 Nov 2026Missing a blog? Tell us

Top all-time · #3691

J

Jonathan Fields

Personal blog · jonathanfields.com/blogbusinessproductivitycareer

Jonathan Fields writes Jonathan fields, a personal blog at jonathanfields.com about business, productivity and career. Since 2008, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “7 Keynote MBA: How to save two years and $100k”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.

Visit the blog
28mentions?
21HN people?
2008–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Jonathan Fields' posts on pitching bloggers, a 'trainwreck' blogger JV pitch, and a PR social media fail, as examples of what to do and avoid in outreach.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Unlock purpose, possibility, and potential, and have a lot of fun along the way, in all aspects of work and life.

Most-linked posts?

  1. 7 Keynote MBA: How to save two years and $100k
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-05-24

What Hacker News says?

  1. Here are some articles / links that might help: http://thomaskorte.com/archive/how-to-cold-email http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1351460 Here's some things you shouldn't do: http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/trainwreck-blogger-jv-pit... http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/pr-social-media-gone-bad/ Hope it helps!

    Comment linking /blog/pr-social-media-gone-bad/

    on “Ask HN: Any help or suggestion for a template Pitch email to bloggers?”
  2. Submitted What Lucky People Do Different as a story · 191 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted What Are You Willing To Do For The Rest of Your Life? as a story · 53 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Are your sleep habits making you fat, nasty and dumb? as a story · 17 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Status, Seduction, and Annihilation as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted When Competition Stifles Innovation as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted What lucky people do differently as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Do You Want to Build a Startup or a Business? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted The Making of The Millionaire’s Magician as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Is Social Media The Ultimate Buzz Kill? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted 11 Ways To Avoid Entrepreneurial Divorce Court as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted The 7-Keynote MBA: How to Save 2 Years and $100,000 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted How Fear Can Be Your Friend as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted How Naked Pizza Scaled from 1 to 450 Stores in 18 Months as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Is Gifted and Talented a Life Sentence? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted 7 Keynote MBA: How to save two years and $100k as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Bezos, are you listening? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted Scaling Talent: Simplicity-Driven Entrepreneurship as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Why do so many entrepreneurs hate their lives? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted The Startup World’s Big Miss as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted The 7 keynote MBA as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted The Downside of Connection Mode as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Invest In Emerging Humanity as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted 9 Learning Adversaries and their Antidotes as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. Submitted Beware the Entrepreneur's Recoil as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. Submitted If Buddha Was CEO: The Four Immeasurables in Business as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. Submitted The business power of fun as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

Search all of HN for jonathanfields.com

Linked by the same people?